SELIGSON, MORRIS v. FAIRBANKS WHITNEY


22 A.D.2d 625 (1965)

Seligson, Morris & Neuburger, Respondent v. Fairbanks Whitney Corporation, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel M. Lane of counsel (Preben Jensen and Peter Brown with him on the brief; Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, attorneys), for appellant.

Milton Pollack for respondent.

VALENTE, STEVENS and EAGER, JJ., concur with BREITEL, J. P.; McNALLY, J., dissents in opinion.


BREITEL, J. P.

Plaintiffs, a law firm, have recovered a judgment upon a jury trial verdict for $228,000 for legal services concededly rendered by them to defendant. The dispute related solely to the quantum of recovery, defendant urging that the contingent percentage compensation provision of a written retainer agreement was not applicable to the particular services...

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